Acting
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama A Time to Kill. Following a decade of brief roles in film and television, her breakthrough came in 2011 when she played a maid in 1960s America in the drama film The Help, which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In ensuing years, she won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Ryan Coogler's biopic Fruitvale Station (2013), had a recurring role in the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2015), and starred in the Fox drama series Red Band Society (2014–2015). Spencer's roles as other black women in 1960s America, as Dorothy Vaughan in the biopic Hidden Figures (2016) and a cleaning woman in the fantasy The Shape of Water (2017), earned her two consecutive nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first black actress to achieve such feat, as well as the first, and to date only, to be nominated twice after winning. She has since starred in The Divergent Series (2015–16), The Shack (2017), Gifted (2017), Instant Family (2018), Luce (2019), Ma (2019), Onward (2020), and Spirited(2022). She led the Apple TV+ drama series Truth Be Told (2019–2023). She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for portraying Madam C. J. Walker in the Netflix miniseries Self Made (2020). As an author, Spencer created the children's book series Randi Rhodes, Ninja Detective. She has published two books in the series: The Case of the Time-Capsule Bandit (2013) and The Sweetest Heist in History (2015). Description above from the Wikipedia article Octavia Spencer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Margie Claus
Film · 2027
Tow
Film · 2026
Ride or Die
Series · 2026
Lost Women of Alaska
Series · 2026
Ride or Die
Series · 2026
Smurfs
Film · 2025
Number One on the Call Sheet
Series · 2025
My Happy Place
Series · 2025
Family Recipe Showdown
Series · 2025
Becoming bell hooks
Film · 2024
Hollywood Black
Series · 2024
Lost Women of Highway 20
Series · 2023
The Santa Stories
Series · 2023
Spirited
Film · 2022
The Quest for Sleep
Film · 2022
Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Film · 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Series · 2022
Thunder Force
Film · 2021
Encounter
Film · 2021
Onward
Film · 2020
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Film · 2020
Dolittle
Film · 2020
Superintelligence
Film · 2020
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Series · 2020
Luce
Film · 2019
Ma
Film · 2019
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Truth Be Told
Series · 2019
Small Town Crime
Film · 2018
A Kid Like Jake
Film · 2018
Instant Family
Film · 2018
The Shack
Film · 2017
Gifted
Film · 2017
The Shape of Water
Film · 2017
Young Sheldon
Series · 2017
Zootopia
Film · 2016
The Free World
Film · 2016
Allegiant
Film · 2016
Hidden Figures
Film · 2016
Bad Santa 2
Film · 2016
Car Dogs
Film · 2016
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
Series · 2016
To Tell the Truth
Series · 2016
Black or White
Film · 2015
Fathers and Daughters
Film · 2015
Insurgent
Film · 2015
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Film · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
Get On Up
Film · 2014
Red Band Society
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
black-ish
Series · 2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Snowpiercer
Film · 2013
Paradise
Film · 2013
Fruitvale Station
Film · 2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Film · 2013
Lost on Purpose
Film · 2013
Jesus People
Film · 2013
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Film · 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Film · 2013
Mom
Series · 2013
Drunk History
Series · 2013
Smashed
Film · 2012
Blues for Willadean
Film · 2012
Flypaper
Film · 2011
The Help
Film · 2011
Just Peck
Film · 2011
Dinner for Schmucks
Film · 2010
Small Town Saturday Night
Film · 2010
Peep World
Film · 2010
Love and Distrust
Film · 2010
Halloween II
Film · 2009
Love at First Hiccup
Film · 2009
Drag Me to Hell
Film · 2009
Herpes Boy
Film · 2009
The Soloist
Film · 2009
Dollhouse
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Seven Pounds
Film · 2008
Pretty Ugly People
Film · 2008
The Spleenectomy
Film · 2008
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School
Film · 2008
Raising the Bar
Series · 2008
The Nines
Film · 2007
The Big Bang Theory
Series · 2007
Wizards of Waverly Place
Series · 2007
Halfway Home
Series · 2007
Cavemen
Series · 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Series · 2007
Pulse
Film · 2006
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Film · 2006
Ugly Betty
Series · 2006
The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
Series · 2006
30 Rock
Series · 2006
Standoff
Series · 2006
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Film · 2005
Coach Carter
Film · 2005
Beauty Shop
Film · 2005
Pretty Persuasion
Film · 2005
Medium
Series · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
Film · 2004
Breakin' All the Rules
Film · 2004
CSI: NY
Series · 2004
LAX
Series · 2004
Sol Goode
Film · 2003
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
Film · 2003
S.W.A.T.
Film · 2003
Chicken Party
Film · 2003
Bad Santa
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Spider-Man
Film · 2002
Little John
Film · 2002
Presidio Med
Series · 2002
Missing Pieces
Film · 2001
The Journeyman
Film · 2001
Follow the Stars Home
Film · 2001
The Sky is Falling
Film · 2001
Everything Put Together
Film · 2001
The Chronicle
Series · 2001
Grounded for Life
Series · 2001
Big Momma's House
Film · 2000
American Virgin
Film · 2000
What Planet Are You From?
Film · 2000
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Film · 2000
Auto Motives
Film · 2000
Titus
Series · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Malcolm in the Middle
Series · 2000
Being John Malkovich
Film · 1999
Never Been Kissed
Film · 1999
Blue Streak
Film · 1999
Lansky
Film · 1999
Roswell
Series · 1999
Becker
Series · 1998
L.A. Doctors
Series · 1998
Brimstone
Series · 1998
Sparkler
Film · 1997
The 6th Man
Film · 1997
Dharma & Greg
Series · 1997
Just Shoot Me!
Series · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
A Time to Kill
Film · 1996
Valley Girls
Film · 1996
Moesha
Series · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Chicago Hope
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
The X-Files
Series · 1993
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Nobody Nothing Nowhere
Film
Untitled Holiday Comedy Project
Film
The Heart
Film
Ma 2
Film
Death of a Salesman
Film
Deck the Y'alls
Film